Claire McDowell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1877-10-31
Day of Death
1966-10-23 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Claire McDowell
Biography
Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945.
Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films, McDowell appeared in numerous films, eventually graduating to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell appeared in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade (1925) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers.
She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes.
Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California.
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Known For
Acting
(1945)
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
(1944)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
(1944)
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
(1943)
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
(1941)
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
(1941)
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
(1939)
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
(1938)
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
(1938)
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
(1938)
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
(1937)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
(1936)
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
(1935)
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
(1934)
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
(1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
(1934)
Bedside
as Nurse
(1934)
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
(1933)
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
(1933)
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
(1932)
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1932)
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
(1932)
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
(1931)
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
(1931)
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
(1930)
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1930)
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
(1930)
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
(1930)
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
(1930)
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
(1930)
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
(1930)
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
(1929)
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
(1929)
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
(1929)
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
(1928)
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
(1928)
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
(1928)
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
(1927)
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
(1927)
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
(1927)
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1927)
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
(1927)
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
(1927)
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
(1927)
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
(1927)
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
(1926)
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
(1926)
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
(1926)
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
(1926)
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
(1926)
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
(1925)
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
(1925)
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
(1925)
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
(1925)
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1924)
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
(1924)
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
(1924)
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
(1923)
Circus Days
as Martha
(1923)
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
(1923)
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
(1923)
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
(1923)
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
(1923)
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
(1922)
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
(1922)
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
(1922)
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
(1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
(1922)
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
(1921)
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
(1921)
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
(1921)
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
(1920)
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
(1920)
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
(1920)
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
(1920)
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
(1920)
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
(1919)
The Follies Girl
as Nina
(1919)
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
(1919)
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
(1919)
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
(1919)
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
(1917)
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
(1917)
The White Raven
as Daisy
(1917)
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
(1917)
(1917)
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
(1917)
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
(1917)
The Empty Gun
as Mary
(1916)
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
(1916)
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
(1915)
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
(1915)
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
(1915)
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
(1915)
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
(1915)
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1915)
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
(1915)
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
(1915)
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
(1915)
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
(1915)
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
(1915)
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
(1915)
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
(1914)
(1914)
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
(1914)
Concentration
as The Mother
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
(1914)
Her Hand
as Olga
(1914)
(1914)
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
(1913)
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
(1913)
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
(1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
(1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
(1913)
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
(1913)
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
(1913)
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
(1913)
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
(1913)
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
(1913)
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
(1913)
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
(1913)
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
(1913)
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
(1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
(1912)
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
(1912)
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
(1912)
The Old Actor
as At Audition
(1912)
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
(1912)
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
(1912)
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
(1912)
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
(1912)
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
(1912)
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
(1912)
A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
(1912)
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
(1912)
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
(1912)
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
(1912)
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
(1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
(1911)
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
(1911)
(1911)
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
(1911)
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
(1911)
The Primal Call
as The Woman
(1911)
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
(1911)
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
(1911)
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
(1911)
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
(1911)
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
(1911)
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
(1911)
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
(1911)
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
(1911)
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
(1911)
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
(1910)
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
(1910)
(1910)
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
(1910)
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1910)
(1910)
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
(1910)
(1910)
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
(1910)
(1910)
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
(1910)
(1908)
(1908)
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
(1908)
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland